The Importance Of Fdr's New Deal Programs

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Republicans supported most of FDR’s New Deal programs except the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the National Recovery Administration. The AAA basically gave the government the authority to dictate what farmers could grow or raise in order to balance supply and demand. By the end, the Supreme Court did away with it, but Roosevelt reinvented it and Congress passed it again in which it is still used today. The NRA controlled the prices and wages of the industry, but the Court ruled it unconstitutional and Roosevelt brought it back as The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This created a minimum wage which we still use today. Republicans retaliated against these two programs because they were seen as socialistic and did not want the country to turn to a socialistic country.

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